Aditya Puri Chairman & Non-Executive Director of Solara Active Pharma Resigns

Solara Active Pharma Sciences Limited announced the resignation of Chairman & Non-Executive Director Aditya Puri on 5th August 2023. Vineeta Rai Non-Executive Independent Director has also resigned.

Aditya Puri recognised as a stalwart of the Indian banking and financial services industry. Puri was the iconic Founder Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of HDFC Bank since its inception in 1994 until his retirement from the position in October 2020, earning the distinction of having been the longest-serving head of a private bank in India. Prior to HDFC Bank, he was Chief Executive Officer of Citibank Malaysia with nearly two decades of overall banking experience across markets with Citibank. Puri was inducted into the Chartered Accountants Hall of Fame by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), becoming the first member of ICAI to be honored with this award.

Vineeta Rai has extensive experience in Public Administration as Secretary of Banking, Insurance and Revenue in the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. She also served as a Director on the boards of several Banks and Insurance Companies. She served in the fields of Health Administration and Finance with work experience in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India including Drugs and Prevention of Food Adulteration. She holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in History from Delhi University, B.A. (American History and Politics) from Brandeis University, USA and is a visiting Fellow in Public Administration at Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University. She was voted one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in India in 2004.